AIZAWL: At least 2,059 individuals in Mizoram have been contaminated with conjunctivitis, often known as ‘eye flu’, in August, senior official of the National Programme for Control of Blindness & Visual Impairment (NPCBVI) stated on Thursday.
The NPCBVI state programme officer, Dr. Biaksiami, informed TOI that 20% to 30% of individuals being examined on the out-patient division in completely different authorities healthcare amenities had been having complaints with their eyes.
The conjunctivitis endemic scenario has been reported in all of the 11 districts of the state, with Aizawl district recording the biggest variety of cases at 1,574, adopted by 143 cases in Serchhip district, stated Biaksiami.
She stated there have been no stories of conjunctivitis an infection cases in Mizoram in July when a number of the neighbouring states have reported the endemic scenario.
“A few cases of conjunctivitis were treated at the civil hospital in the first week of August and were thought to be isolated cases. However, the number of people, especially children, being sufering from eye flu increased from the following weeks,” she stated.
She added that the NPCBVI issued appeals to the general public to seek the advice of docs if they’ve eye probems, which resulted in a lot of individuals thronging the hospitals to seek the advice of docs.
The NPCBVI state programme officer, Dr. Biaksiami, informed TOI that 20% to 30% of individuals being examined on the out-patient division in completely different authorities healthcare amenities had been having complaints with their eyes.
The conjunctivitis endemic scenario has been reported in all of the 11 districts of the state, with Aizawl district recording the biggest variety of cases at 1,574, adopted by 143 cases in Serchhip district, stated Biaksiami.
She stated there have been no stories of conjunctivitis an infection cases in Mizoram in July when a number of the neighbouring states have reported the endemic scenario.
“A few cases of conjunctivitis were treated at the civil hospital in the first week of August and were thought to be isolated cases. However, the number of people, especially children, being sufering from eye flu increased from the following weeks,” she stated.
She added that the NPCBVI issued appeals to the general public to seek the advice of docs if they’ve eye probems, which resulted in a lot of individuals thronging the hospitals to seek the advice of docs.
